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| Volume Two, Issue 19, Phile #4 of 8 |
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| Social Security Number Formatting |
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| Shooting Shark 21 June 88 |
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| Certain types of computer-related fraud, such as creating dummy |
| entries in payroll databases, require the creation of a false Social Security |
| Number (SS#). Many employers attempt to detect "ghost" SS#s by running a |
| verification program on them. In this article I will show how to defeat |
| verification by creating a legitimate-looking SS#. |
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| First, some general rules to follow: |
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| o The middle two digits of a SS# can be odd or even |
| if issued after 1965. All numbers issued before 1965 |
| that have middle digits of 10 or above should be even. |
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| o So far, no SS#s have been issued with a first digit |
| of 8 or 9. Very few numbers above 595 have been issued, |
| so use caution. 700-729 were issued by the Railroad |
| Retirement Agency a long time ago, and thus would belong |
| to older people. No numbers in the 596-626 have been |
| assigned yet (as far as I know), but 596-599 has been |
| reserved for Puerto Rico, 600-601 for Arizona, and |
| 602-626 has been reserved for California. |
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| The next step is required only if it is necessary that the place of |
| issuance (and thus, probably, state of birth or residence) match the SS#. In |
| this case, refer to the following table: |
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| First Three Digits Area |
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| 000 Foreign-Exchange, visitor, etc. (many college |
| students will have these) |
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| 001-003 New Hampshire 004-007 Maine |
| 008-009 Vermont 010-034 Massachusetts |
| 035-039 Rhode Island 040-049 Connecticut |
| 050-134 New York 135-158 New Jersey |
| 159-211 Pennsylvania 212-220 Maryland |
| 221-222 Delaware 223-231 Virginia |
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| 232-236 (EXCEPT |
| SS#s starting with |
| "232 30"...) West Virginia |
| 232 30 North Carolina |
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| 237-246 North Carolina 247-251 South Carolina |
| 252-260 Georgia 261-267 Florida |
| 589-595 Florida 268-302 Ohio |
| 303-317 Indiana 318-361 Illinois |
| 362-386 Michigan 387-399 Wisconsin |
| 400-407 Kentucky 408-415 Tennessee |
| 416-424 Alabama 425-428 Mississippi |
| 587-588 Mississippi 429-432 Arkansas |
| 433-439 Louisiana 440-448 Oklahoma |
| 449-467 Texas 468-477 Minnesota |
| 478-485 Iowa 486-500 Missouri |
| 501-502 North Dakota 503-504 South Dakota |
| 505-508 Nebraska 509-515 Kansas |
| 516-517 Montana 518-519 Idaho |
| 520 Wyoming 521-524 Colorado |
| 525 New Mexico 585 New Mexico |
| 526-527 Arizona 528-529 Utah |
| 530 Nevada 531-539 Washington |
| 540-544 Oregon 545-573 California |
| 574 Alaska 575-576 Hawaii |
| 577-579 Washington, D.C. 580 Virgin Islands |
| 580-584 Puerto Rico |
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| 586 Guam, American Samoa, and Philippine Islands |
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| 700-729 Railroad Retirement |
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| An example: If you were Stan Cisneros living in Burlingame, California, and |
| you were born in 1970, your SS# might be 546-28-4197. |
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